A farmer who practices dry farming; someone who cultivates crops in arid or semi-arid regions without relying on irrigation systems.
Compound of 'dry farm' (or 'dry' and 'farmer') referring to someone engaged in dry farming practices. Emerged as a distinct occupational term in 19th-century American agriculture.
Dry farmers became folk heroes in American history because they solved the near-impossible problem of farming deserts—they developed techniques so clever that they opened up vast regions that everyone thought were worthless for agriculture.
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